What we’re doing is ordering things by our greatest guess of the relative exceptional/interestingness of the various items—based on the people that have seen them… It’s not a right away recognition rating. It takes in plenty of of factors, adding even if a post seems to actually have been read not just clicked on and even if people click the “Recommend” button at the bottom of posts. The ratio of folk who view it who read it and who read it and recommend it are important elements, not just the number. This is an attempt to level of the playing field for many who don’t have already got large followings and/or a penchant for writing click bait headlines.
